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recurrent laryngeal nerve
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A branch of the vagus nerve that supplies motor function and sensation to the larynx (voice box). It travels within the endoneurium. It is the nerve of the 6th Branchial Arch. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve ]
Term info
Label
recurrent laryngeal nerve
Synonyms
- nervus laryngeus recurrens
- recurrent laryngeal nerve from vagus nerve
- vagus X nerve recurrent laryngeal branch
external definition
Branch of the vagus nerve that separates from the vagus well postcranially, then continues anteriorly to innervate the larynx[AAO:0010754].
has broad synonym
recurrent nerve
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
inferior laryngeal nerve, ramus recurrens
id
UBERON:0003716
Term relations
Subclass of:
- laryngeal nerve
- nerve of head region
- develops from some pharyngeal arch 6
- branching_part_of some vagus nerve
- part of some vagus nerve
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